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Compendium on methods and tools to evaluate impacts of, and vulnerability and adaptation to, climate
change
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MPPACC (Model of Private Proactive Adaptation to Climate
Change)
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Description
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The Model of Private Proactive Adaptation to Climate Change (MPPACC) is a psychological model,
which helps to understand the psychological determinants of individual adaptation behavior. MPPACC
separates out the psychological steps to taking action in response to climate change, and allows
one to see where the most important bottlenecks occur—including risk perception and perceived
adaptive capacity.
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Appropriate Use
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MPPACC mainly qualifies as a theoretical model, which helps to address the important determinants
of individual adaptive behavior in campaigns that have the objective to foster individual
adaptation behavior. In taking actions to promote particular adaptations, it would be worthwhile
for policy makers to focus on the cognitive barriers mentioned in MPPACC.
In addition, MPPACC can offer predictive power to the task of assessing individual adaptive
capacity (i.e., the probability of individual adaptation behavior) by measuring the psychological
determinants of adaptation behavior through surveys (e.g., by asking people for their perceived
ability to avoid damage from climate change impacts). MPPACC is not a tool to assess climate change
impacts or vulnerability.
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Scope
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MPPACC can be applied worldwide, but individual determinants of adaptation behavior vary from culture
to culture. Therefore, in most cases MPPACC has to be checked for cultural adequacy.
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Key Output
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MPPACC is an analytical tool to understand the determinants of individual adaptation behavior.
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Key Input
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When MPPACC is used as a theoretical tool to understand the determinants of individual adaptation
behavior there are no data required.
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Ease of Use
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Easy to use
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Training Required
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No training is required
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Training Available
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No training is required
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Computer Requirements
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None
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Documentation
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Grothmann, T. and A. Patt. 2005. Adaptive Capacity and Human Cognition: The Process of Individual
Adaptation to Climate Change. Global Environmental Change 15 (3):199-213.
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Applications
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No further cases or projects where MPPACC has been applied despite the project presented in
Grothmann and Patt (2005).
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Contacts for Framework, Documentation, Technical Assistance
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Torsten Grothmann
e-mail: torsten.grothmann@web.de.
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Cost
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None
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References
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Grothmann, T. and A. Patt. 2005. Adaptive Capacity and Human Cognition: The Process of Individual
Adaptation to Climate Change. Global Environmental Change 15 (3):199-213.
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